Anniversary Cake

A seemingly simple cake to mark a 10 year anniversary.  It actually took much longer!!  This was a cake made for some friends.  The bride sent me a photo of a cake she found on Pinterest...I did my best to replicate it, with some of the words changed to personalize it for their celebration.

The top tier is an 8" three layer vanilla cake with vanilla frosting.  The bottom cake is a 9" three layer cake with chocolate ganache frosting.  Recipes are here.

For planning: started 3 days ahead making the frosting/fillings as they needed time to set up.  At 2 days ahead, the cakes were baked.  Once cooled, they were split and filled.   Frosted the two tiers onto foam core boards that were cut to size.  These were in the fridge overnight, unstacked (be sure to make room in the fridge!!)

On the day of the event, I covered the cakes in fondant.  The cakes were stacked onto the cake board with icing in between to hold them together.  The bottom cake also has 5 "dowels" (bubble tea straws) centred into the cake for structural support. 

Then started the process of drawing onto the cakes.  I printed silhouettes of the bride and groom, cut them out and used them as templates for the (best side) of the bottom tier.  The rest was freehanded using a combination of edible cake markers and painting with food paste that was mixed with vodka.  The drawing took two and a half hours, so be prepared! (Tip, if you're a righty like me: start at the centre and work your way around counterclockwise so you don't smudge the work!!)

Voila!!